Episode 375 - Mid Show Storm, Anyone?

Join Carlos, Matt, Nev and Armando for this week's programme.

In this week's show United show off a shiny new interior, a Ryanair passenger decides to try a different kind of seat on the plane and feels flushed, & one airline is selling tickets with fried chicken.

In the Military, State Department's New Black Hawks In Afghanistan Could Prove Especially Important After Withdrawal and the Canberra Returns to the Sky.

If you want to see what we got up to last month check out these highlights:
https://youtu.be/KXASgGW2Wy8

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Here are the links to the stories we featured this week :

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Updated details on the transair Flight 810 ditching that was breaking last Friday
https://www.airlinerwatch.com/2021/07/how-boeing-737-pilots-survived-hawaii.html

United touts new interior as upgrade for passengers
https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/United-unveils-new-interior
https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-united-airlines-boeing-737-max-8-new-signature-interior-2021-7?r=US&IR=T

Evacuation of a Ryanair plane at Brussels Airport after a passenger boarded without documents and locked himself in the toilet
https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/ryanair/evacuation-of-a-ryanair-plane-at-brussels-airport-after-a-passenger-boarded-without-documents-and-locked-himself-in-the-toilet/

Rolls-Royce teams up with Jaguar Land Rover for electric plane world record bid
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/business/rolls-royce-teams-up-jaguar-5621217

FAA proposes $119K in additional fines as unruly behavior on flights skyrockets
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/faa-proposes-119k-fines-passengers-unruly-behavior-continues

Gulf Air Flight GF215 Experiences Incident at Kuwait International Airport
https://airlinegeeks.com/2021/07/07/gulf-air-flight-gf215-experiences-incident-at-kuwait-international-airport/
https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/straying-passengers-cause-chaos-after-gulf-air-a321-evacuation-in-kuwait/144460.article

CAE, Volocopter Collaborate on eVTOL Pilot Training
https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-07-08/cae-volocopter-collaborate-evtol-pilot-training

Emirates simplifies arrivals and departures in Dubai with launch of Airport Ease and Airport Ease +
https://ihaviationandtravel.com/2021/07/08/emirates-simplifies-arrivals-and-departures-in-dubai-with-launch-of-airport-ease-and-airport-ease/t

FAA Releases Policy on Training in Experimental, Primary, and Limited Category Aircraft
https://www.eaa.org/eaa/news-and-publications/eaa-news-and-aviation-news/news/07-08-2021-faa-releases-policy-on-training-in-experimental-primary-and-limited-category-aircraft?mkt_tok=OTEwLVNFVS0wNzMAAAF-JyKA6DksLlBzg5Zwoye3afttz9X70FQpdLCjaNZtyzLD6rJtyT-AiHmbKRPnfdiJR5VG973ZVpOM9pGKbaDontDK9a7oXBMB1kdhDBAQjMvL

Pilatus Refines PC-24 with New Cabin, Avionics Features
https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-07-07/pilatus-refines-pc-24-new-cabin-avionics-features

Humanitarian Aircraft, Missions Highlighted at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021
https://www.eaa.org/airventure/eaa-airventure-news-and-multimedia/eaa-airventure-news/eaa-airventure-oshkosh/07-08-2021-humanitarian-aircraft-missions-highlighted-at-eaa-airventure-oshkosh-2021?mkt_tok=OTEwLVNFVS0wNzMAAAF-JyKA5xlb_XLkN8EksIzmiAXMVCJt9p1F6u1L3k9WziCqZcN9kcWY4ZbruZolSGoKi9lyaQ8LxqOQaZxeqaGVJS2glPnLd0NAakyigdI-OWNc

Zimbabwean LCC Fastjet Starts Ticket Sales In Chicken Restaurants
https://simpleflying.com/fastjet-chicken-restuarant-flight-tickets/

MILITARY

State Department's New Black Hawks In Afghanistan Could Prove Especially Important After Withdrawal
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41404/state-departments-new-black-hawks-in-afghanistan-could-prove-especially-important-after-withdrawal

Philippine military plane crashes, 45 dead, 49 rescued
https://apnews.com/article/philippines-plane-crashes-ebfe276f195550702e9dc664facba50a

Canberra Returns to the Sky
https://www.facebook.com/temoraaviationmuseum/posts/4661721753857443

National Museum USAF to Open an Aircraft One Day Each Month
http://warbirdsnews.com/aviation-museum-news/national-museum-usaf-to-open-an-aircraft-one-day-each-month-2.html